Kaleidoscope #4

Update: Found on 3/31/10 by 2Stargaze

Mifflin County

Distance 1.2 miles round trip

Planted April 28, 2007

This Kaleidoscope is located near a series of boxes in a township in north eastern Mifflin County. You will need to identify the location from the clues to those boxes. Find the boxes with this description - “From the closest town along Rt. 322, take a drive north east through a beautiful valley between Strong and Thick Mountains (do not confuse with nearby Thick Mountain in Centre County). Stay on the road named for the valley the whole way to the trail head.

At the point where the paved road turns to gravel (poor winter maintenance) you will travel 5 more miles to the suggested parking. You know you are on the right track when you see Strong Imp Road going off to the left (at 2.2 miles). After you pass a camp with the name of Reading on it (4.8 miles) be watching for a pull off along the left at the blue blazed trail head. If you cross a low wooden bridge, you have gone too far. Park without blocking the trail.”

After you have viewed the two old hemlocks, passed the long rock, observed the new orchard trees and seen the interesting cherry tree, continue down the trail a little further and stop at the second blue blazed tree. This tree is located on the right side of the trail. Spy a very small stump on the left side of the trail and look inside the stump for Kaleidoscope #4. Please use only black ink.

Cyanocitta Cristata on the Blue Jay Trail - Missing

7/25/2020 Both boxes missing
Update: Found 3/31/10 by 2Stargaze. Bonus box may be missing.

Reed’s Gap State Park
Mifflin County, PA
Distance - 1.5 miles round trip
Planted April 28, 2007

From park office, take the yellow and blue blazed trail up the gravel road till you come to the trail register. Sign in at the register and turn left unto the square blue blazed Reed’s Gap Spur trail. Watch on the right side of the trail for the first square blue blaze after the Spur Trail Sign and notice a crooked tree on the left side of the trail. About 15 feet behind the crooked tree is a rotted stump with another tree close behind it. Box is in niche on SE side of tree.

Friends – planted with my friends, the Crayola Posse, in mind
From the Blue Jay trail box, head back down to spur sign and turn left on Blue Jay trail. Cross footbridge and head up the trail. As it begins to level out slightly and turn SE, you will be able to see the round roof of a building down the hill on the right side. You will also see a downed tree with its roots and rock system almost on the trail directly before a tree with a blue blaze. In a nook between the root and rock system and the base of the tree trunk, you will find a micro box.

Kaleidoscope #2 - Retired

Holy Man Colic
Berks County, PA
Distance – 1.25 miles round trip
Planted May 24, 2007

Begin at the beginning from the only parking lot for this park and head west past the little outhouse. Look for the Layers which will be followed by the Tulip Tree, Ashleaf Maple and Norway Maple. Continue heading West and walk past the trail at PawPaw. The Mockernut Hickory will appear soon – watch for the next trail on the right because you will be taking it.

Pass the stump that looks as though it HAS to have a letterbox in it – I considered it but it is too close to the trail. Your next landmark is a triple trunked tree which is on the left side of the trail. It has a red blaze on two of the three trunks. Stroll about 30 feet to the next blazed tree. Stop beside this tree and face the woods on the opposite side of the trail where you will spy a small triple tree about 20 steps into the woods. From that tree look NW and 11 steps to another triple tree. This triple tree has two live trunks and one dead one. About 3 steps W of this tree is a dead standing tree with a nice little hiding place on its W side. Here you will find Kaleidoscope 2.

Please use only black ink. You can color in later.